The Central Goldfields Shire Council Proposed Budget 2021/22 is now available for public feedback, following endorsement at the June Council Meeting on 23 June, 2020.
The Proposed Budget is available to view HERE with feedback invited until 5pm, Friday 24 July.
To find out more about the Proposed Budget you can view our media release HERE.
We encourage the community to take the time to read the Proposed Budget and provide feedback.
The main focus of the 2021/22 Proposed Budget is to implement the key objectives of the 2017-2021 Council Plan and deliver on our commitment to deliver more than 40 services to our community.
Due to the huge volume of advocacy and planning that has been undertaken by Council over the past two years the Proposed Budget features the biggest capital works program in Council history.
The Proposed Budget includes a capital works program of $15.9 million which will provide a significant stimulus to the local economy and will be supported by grants from State and Federal Government totalling $9.487 million.
The Proposed Budget includes net borrowings of $331,000 to deliver a cash balanced budget and a rate rise of 2.0% in line with the State Government determined rate cap and an increase of 6.5% for waste charges to meet the increasing costs of managing waste.
2020/21 Proposed Budget highlights
Capital Works program:
- Upgrades to the Maryborough Outdoor Pool - $2 million
- Community halls and facilities improvements - $565,000
- Upgrade to the Talbot Town Hall toilets - $225,000
- Energy Breakthrough infrastructure upgrades - $500,000 ($1.5 million over three years)
- Central Goldfields Art Gallery redevelopment - $675,000
- Construction of the Skate Park in Maryborough - $645,000 (subject to grant funding)
- Upgrades to Carisbrook Recreation Reserve - $2.3 million
- Completion of the Carisbrook Levee - $2.55 million (subject to grant funding)
- Repairs to Worsley Cottage - $150,000
- Repairs to Carisbrook Scout Hall and Lions Club roof - $10,000
- Carpark lighting and disability access - Maryborough Community House - $10,000
- Road renewal and reseals projects - $3 million
- New footpaths in Bealiba, Carisbrook, Talbot and Dunolly - $81,000
- Footpath renewals in Maryborough - $100,000
Other key projects:
- Planning and design for a splash park
- Planning and design for a Youth Hub and Youth Strategy
- Planning and design for new toilets in Rene Fox Gardens Dunolly
- Development of a Cultural Heritage Plan for the Princes Park Grandstand
- Development of a Master Plan for the Maryborough Railway Station
- Development of a Climate Action Plan
- Development of a masterplan for the Philips Gardens
- Development of a Reconciliation Action Plan
- Development of a Waste Water Plan for Talbot
- Review of heritage controls in Maryborough
Have Your Say
- Read: Council’s Proposed Budget 2020/21 is available to view HERE Residents requiring a hard copy can contact our Customer Service team on 5461 0610. A copy is also available to view at the Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly and Talbot Post Office and the Dunolly Rural Transaction Centre.
- Make a Submission: Written submissions are invited by 5pm, Friday 24 July. To make a submission:
- Email: mail@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au
- Post: Council Budget, PO BOX 194, Maryborough, VIC, 3465
- Present a Submission: Anyone who lodges a written submission is invited to present it to Administrators at a Submissions Hearing to be held at 5.30pm, Tuesday 4 August.
The Budget will then go to a Special Meeting of Council at 6pm, Tuesday 11 August to be considered for adoption.